Looking at the web a different way
This week the homework for my Accessible Web Design class was to install an accessibilty technology and use it as if you were the intended audience.
For me, this meant choosing a screen reader and loading it as if I was blind. Turning off the monitor was an incredibily frightening experience.
Browsing the web, which sounds pretty simple, was a Sisyphissian effort. From having to adjust the pitch and tone of the synthesized voice, to figuring out sites which use nothing but images for navigation (which is quite a few of them), it was a generally frustrating experience. The difference for me is, I can turn the monitor back on.
So, in my quest to find out more, I found some interesting resources:
